Signaling apparatus.



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EARL W. PELL, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

SIGNALING APPARATUS.

Specieatlon of 'Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1, 191s.

Application tiled July 11, 1916. Serial No. 108,869.

To 'all whom it may concern Bc it known that I, EARL W. Penn, a citi zen of the United States, residing at Cleveland in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ollio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Signaling A paratus, of which the following is a speci cation.

This invention relates to a signaling TappaH ratus for vehicles and has for its primary object to simplify the construction of the various parte and to so arrange 'the different elements that the si 1 devices will be. autolxpaically operated 1n the control of the ve- An object of the invention is the novel manner of supportiner a casingY and a license plate at the rear of the vehicle with the minimum number of parts.

With these and other objects in View the invention will be better understood from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying draw; ins, wherein, l

` igure 1 is e. rear elevation of a 'vehicle showlng my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View through a portion of the vehicle shfnrvingzr my apparatus in side elevation.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the apparatus.

Figs. 4 and 5 are detailed 'views of the' switches. u E

Fig. 6 1g a diagrammatic view of the wir-` eferring to the drawings the numeral 1 designates a substantially L shaped tube, the horizontal limb 2 of which being secured to the body of the vehicle by means of hang ers 3, each provided with a flange 4 through which passes screws directly engaging the body of the vehicle. The vertical limb 6 has its end portion rigidly secured to c casing 7 formed to have three horizontally allned compartments 8, 9 and 10, and a fourth compartment 11 arranged belows the compartment 9. 4 y Closing the'front of the compartment 8 is a glass late 8a having Jprinted thereon the word Left`, while closing the front walls of the compartments 9 and 10 rcspec- Itively are glass plates 9 and 9 carrying the words Stop and Right. Arranged in each compartment is an electric bulb 12 the lightrays from which are acted upon by reflectors 13. Arranged directly bc ow 'the compartment 11 so as tcbe acted upon by the raysfrom the lamp therein is a;

license plate 14, carrying clamps 15 that encircle the limb 6. 'i

Clampcd to the clutch lever of the4 vehicle is a contact plate 17 held stations. upon the body of the vehicle, and whig cooperates with a stationary contact 1610- open and close a circuit by the movement of said clutch lever as hereinafter described. An arcuate shaped contact 18 is clamped to the steering rod of the vehicle and coperates with two spaced stationary arcuate shaped contact plates 19 and 20 to o en and close circuits hereinafter describe The electric bulb arranged in the left compartment has one terminal connected to a. conductor 21 that has its other terminal connected to the contact plate 19, while the lamp in the compartment right is Similarly connected to a, conductor 22 that is terminally connected to the contact plain,

20, the other terminal of said lamp being' connected to a conductor 24 which includes a source ofcnrrcnt 25 in series therewith. The bulb 12 is thc compartment stop has one tcrminal'connected by means of a conductor 23 to the contact plate 17, the other terminal of lamp 12 in the stop compartment is connected to the conductor 24. The conductor 24 on the other side of the source bf current 25 is connected tocontar` 18 and lo. The lamp 12 in the com artment il is arrangee in series with a con uctor' 26 having its terminal connected to the conductor 12a-to opposite sides of tho source of current 25 und th'e continuity of this conductor 26 is controlled by a switch 27.

From the ioregoing description taken in connection with the` accompanying drawings it will `be seen that, upon actuation of the clutch lever or steering rod of the vel hiclc, the diilcrent circuits 'will be automatically closed .for illuminating certain of the lam s, that is to say, when the clutch lever is tiirowxl to* an inoperative position, the lamp in thegcompartment stop will be illuminated.- whcrens upon rotation of the steering rod of the vehicle in either direction from its'l normal, the lampsin either of theicompartments left and right will V be illuminated.

It Should be apparent from the foregoing'. i

subject matter that I Provide an apparatuswhich is admirably adapted for the purpose for which it is intended, that the apparatus is simple, durable and efficient of con" struction and may be manufactured and circular in cross-sectionandjdvidd il@ ll sold at e comparatively low oost. three horizontally ehnlng ,eompartmen'tg, What I chum is:- the lower portion of said .In a device of the character described, a a single coxnpertment hnving its en 4ouft sf aleomprising an L-shapegi cylindrical ward y inclined and terminating Short of :tu ulerlsupporting member disposed in a the ends of seid upper portion, anltrans- 20 vertieei position et the rear of e vehicle, parent plates eoverlng said compartments, the short arm of the member being disposed the three upper yplates legende, said beneath the vehijzle body, hangers in entubular-*member further lserving asla supylp, circling en agelenij, with seid short arm port for a linse plate and asl e conduit' for @d i e underside ofthe vehicle wires leading to incndnt hmps, d@ ,D 'bod Mf'nmrfwwgi :upon the upper end posed wiphm said compartments. v oftii longarxnofselq supportmgmember, `Intestunony whereof I nix my si ture.- Miegipperpgtwn of said easing being seml- EARL W. 

